(DataFlex) Upload String to Dropbox

Uploads a string to a file on Dropbox. This example can upload content up to 150MB, assuming a 150MB string fits in memory for your app. Larger files must be uploaded with an upload session (upload_session/start).

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoRest
    Boolean iSuccess
    String sContent
    Handle hoJson
    String sResponseStr
    Handle hoJsonResp
    Integer iSize
    String sRev
    String sClientModified
    Handle hoCkdt
    Boolean iBLocalTime
    Variant vDt
    Handle hoDt
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Integer iTemp2
    Integer iTemp3
    Integer iTemp4
    Integer iTemp5
    Boolean bTemp1

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // A Dropbox access token should have been previously obtained.
    // Dropbox access tokens do not expire.
    // See Dropbox Access Token.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatRest)) To hoRest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoRest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoRest
    End

    // Connect to Dropbox
    Get ComConnect Of hoRest "content.dropboxapi.com" 443 True True To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Add request headers.
    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "Content-Type" "application/octet-stream" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "Authorization" "Bearer DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN" To iSuccess

    // The upload "parameters" contained in JSON passed in an HTTP request header.
    // This is the JSON to be added in this example:
    // { 
    //    "path": "/jack.txt",
    //    "mode": "add",
    //    "autorename": true,
    //    "mute": false
    // }

    // This will be the content of the file created in Dropbox.
    Move "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" To sContent

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Get ComAppendString Of hoJson "path" "/jack.txt" To iSuccess
    Get ComAppendString Of hoJson "mode" "add" To iSuccess
    Get ComAppendBool Of hoJson "autorename" True To iSuccess
    Get ComAppendBool Of hoJson "mute" False To iSuccess
    Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "Dropbox-API-Arg" sTemp1 To iSuccess

    // Do the upload.  The URL is https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload.
    // We already connected to content.dropboxapi.com using TLS (i.e. HTTPS),
    // so now we only need to specify the path "/2/files/upload".

    Get ComFullRequestString Of hoRest "POST" "/2/files/upload" sContent To sResponseStr
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoRest To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
    Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
    If (iTemp1 <> 200) Begin
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
        Showln "response status code = " iTemp1
        Get ComResponseStatusText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "response status text = " sTemp1
        Get ComResponseHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "response header: " sTemp1
        Showln "response body (if any): " sResponseStr
        Showln "---"
        Get ComLastRequestStartLine Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "LastRequestStartLine: " sTemp1
        Get ComLastRequestHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "LastRequestHeader: " sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComLastRequestHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
    Showln "LastRequestHeader: " sTemp1

    // The response is JSON.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJsonResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJsonResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJsonResp
    End
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJsonResp To False
    Get ComLoad Of hoJsonResp sResponseStr To iSuccess

    // Show the JSON response.
    Get ComEmit Of hoJsonResp To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // Returns JSON that looks like this:
    // { 
    //  "name": "jack.txt",
    //  "path_lower": "/jack.txt",
    //  "path_display": "/jack.txt",
    //  "id": "id:yqx4-tE_NKAAAAAAAAAAAQ",
    //  "client_modified": "2016-06-02T20:42:11Z",
    //  "server_modified": "2016-06-02T20:42:11Z",
    //  "rev": "8482db15f",
    //  "size": 42
    // }

    // Sample code to get data from the JSON response:
    Get ComIntOf Of hoJsonResp "size" To iSize
    Showln "size = " iSize

    Get ComStringOf Of hoJsonResp "rev" To sRev
    Showln "rev = " sRev

    Get ComStringOf Of hoJsonResp "client_modified" To sClientModified
    Get Create (RefClass(cComCkDateTime)) To hoCkdt
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoCkdt))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoCkdt
    End
    Get ComSetFromTimestamp Of hoCkdt sClientModified To iSuccess
    Move True To iBLocalTime
    Get ComGetDtObj Of hoCkdt iBLocalTime To vDt
    If (IsComObject(vDt)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatDtObj)) To hoDt
        Set pvComObject Of hoDt To vDt
    End
    Get ComDay Of hoDt To iTemp1
    Get ComMonth Of hoDt To iTemp2
    Get ComYear Of hoDt To iTemp3
    Get ComHour Of hoDt To iTemp4
    Get ComMinute Of hoDt To iTemp5
    Showln iTemp1 "/" iTemp2 "/" iTemp3 " " iTemp4 ":" iTemp5
    Send Destroy of hoDt


End_Procedure